My sculpted history: the path to ceramics

Changing course in life is possible, desiring happiness too.

My name is Elisa, Ela to my friends, and when I grow up I want to be a ceramist.

I allowed myself to say this dream out loud. Then, at the age of 33 I began to realize it. How did I do it? I'll explain it to you now. Decoration has always been my passion since I was little,
I drew, painted, created jewelry, bags and clothes.
If I liked something and couldn't have it,

I DID IT.
Create,
this term is beautiful
Supported by my instincts and my parents, I decided to attend the Art School in Milan. From there my first encounter with plasticine and sculpture. No, it wasn't love at first sight, but it was cool to be at the easel and be an artist.
In reality I became passionate about graphics, the computer was everything to me,
Create things virtually,
ah what Divine power!

After graduating, my family couldn't send me on with my studies, and I immediately started looking for a job.
I would say that I immediately had my first stroke of luck, and then I was also good at it.
I was hired by a small company that produced embroidered clothes for high fashion. I spent two and a half years designing embroidery, submerged in beads, precious stones, delicate fabrics, I drew freehand all the time, it was a dream, for designers like Armani, Valentino and many others, I even managed to design a dress for the Oscars! But alas it turned into a nightmare. I ran away, I quit on the spot due to misunderstandings.
And now? What could I do? I always felt this attraction for computers and graphics programs. I wanted to create things.
I enrolled in a master's degree in professional fabric design, digital textile design.

And then second stroke of luck, I was hired by a publishing house that created embroidered products.
Yes, always the embroidery designer, but this time on the computer.
Bingo, I hit the mark!
Dream job found, Prince Charming found, dream house found, mother of cats too! Everything is too perfect! But after a few years I realized that everything was the same, the days were all the same, 12 hours away from home, mandatory holidays, endless commuting trips. I was slowly going crazy, I had built a perfect cage for myself. After 5 years, number 1 attempt to change my life,

enroll in a professional pastry making course. You didn't expect it, did you?? well yes, I have a pastry chef certificate. End. I did an internship in a pastry shop, I realized that it wasn't my life, working at night and sleeping during the day? it wasn't for me. But the passion for sweets remained.
Then I had an ankle injury, this sent me down! Two years passed and my mobility was reduced to a minimum. Too much pain to walk, and then I began to travel with my mind. The hands still worked fine after all. I signed up for a ceramics course, I wanted to create something new, something tangible, something that could remain of me over time. And there it was love at first touch! I attended other courses, including the lathe course, and a world opened up to me. The spark struck, I understood that I could combine all my previous work and training experiences and create something tangible.

Making ceramics made me feel good, I was a bit like that carefree little girl who loved to create. Then the pandemic, which we all know. Just like many, I began to dream of an alternative life, made of time for oneself, for love and for life.
I don't want to be in the office anymore!
I don't want to wake up at 6 in the morning anymore.

I hate the subway. I want to have time for myself, I want to do what makes me feel good. I want to travel. Freedom.
Towards the end of the pandemic I focused on who I wanted to be and what I wanted to do. I was able to do this thanks to the most special person I know, my Husband!
In 2022 everything happened, I quit my job, got married and set up my little laboratory in the backyard.
Thus began my journey made up of experiments, trials and falls but also great satisfaction.
What you see on my social media is more or less everything I've done since then.
I always love challenging myself with new projects, new materials, colors and firing methods! My laboratory where I create has become my happy place, I am at home, close to those I love and live my life and every now and then I take a trip to discover the world. Which is all we have.
In every piece I make I try to instill a symbolism, a meaning. I create artistic objects inspired by the universe, by the nature from which everything is born.
From which life is born.
Life is the most precious thing we have ,
let's live it to the fullest and do our best to call it so.

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